FRAMED COLOR LIKENESS – PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD – BAVARIA

SKU: 40-256

$95.00

This is a WW I era frame that measures 1 1/2″ x 3 1/4.” The image area measures 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4.” At the bottom is an area that measures 7 1/2″ x 4 1/4,” with a 1914 Iron Cross. In the area for the image is a color likeness of Prinz Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. He led Bavaria from 1886 (and König Ludwig II’s death) until his own death in 1911. On the reverse is a foldaway easel.

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This is a WW I era frame that measures 1 1/2″ x 3 1/4.” The image area measures 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4.” At the bottom is an area that measures 7 1/2″ x 4 1/4,” with a 1914 Iron Cross. In the area for the image is a color likeness of Prinz Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. He led Bavaria from 1886 (and König Ludwig II’s death) until his own death in 1911. On the reverse is a foldaway easel.

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I'm Kenneth (Ken) J. Greenfield, currently of New Port Richey, Florida, located on the West Coast of Florida in the Tampa Bay area. I started out as a collector of Imperial German Militaria, particularly items dealing with the Imperial German Air Service in the early 1960's. After more than forty years of avid collecting, I began to sell a few items to upgrade my collection and help finance my collecting "habit." I attended militaria shows, both to buy and sell. I wanted to spend more time at home and less traveling for the national companies that I had worked for; so, starting my own business seemed like an attractive alternative. I like nothing better than talking with others about militaria, and introducing newcomers to the joys of owning a "piece of history."